Machine for sowing seeds or the like.



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APPLICATION FILED JAN- 28, 1916.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

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MACHINE FOR SOWING SEEDS. OR THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

Application filed January as, 1916. serial No. 74,760.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN HUTTON, a citizen ofthe UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident ofKilminning, Grail, Fife, Scotland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or Relating to Machines for Sowing Seeds or the like, ofwhich thefollowing is others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for planting or'sowing seeds and'hasfor its object to provide an improved machine-for delivering the seedsone at a time at predetermined intervals. v

In the improved machine according to this invention two series of armsmovable 1n a box having a suitably prepared surface,

are adapted to push the seeds over said surface to a discharge opening,the two series of arms being adjustable with respect to one another tosow seeds of different sizes.

The arms may be mounted on wheels capable of being adjusted toward oraway from one another and may be integral with the wheels or may besecured thereto in any suitable manner. The wheels may be used in pairsand the arms on one wheel should be arranged opposite the arms on theother wheel In order that the invention may be clearly understood,reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings wherein twoexamples of my machine are shown.

Figure 1 is a sectional view on the line AB of Fig. 3.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the box.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in section showing the wheels mounted in thesaid box, and

Fig. 4 is a view of a modification.

Referring to the drawings Z represents the box in which the seeds areplaced. This box may be of the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The box hasa suitably prepared part m of brass or other suitable material which mayhave a smooth and preferably polished surface. This part 11?. may beconnected to the sides of the box, and the box may be provided with asuitable cover, and have means such as screws (1 whereby it may beattached to any suitable machine. An opening n is provided through whichthe seeds are delivered.

The box supports a shaft h which has a square portion 9.

a specification, such aS' will enable On thesquare portion 9 are mountedtwo wheels at, b having bosses cl and e to give extended bearings forthe wheels. The bosses of the wheels should engage rather tightly theportion 9 so that therewill be no rotary movement of the wheelsrelatively to the shaft, but should be capable, of being movedvlongitudinally thereon. I

One ofthe wheels, for example the wheel 6, isprovided with means such asa screw .f for securing the wheel to the portion 9.

Suitable holes are formed in the wheels to receive a screw 2' havingnuts 7c thereon to clamp the wheels together. It will therefore beunderstood that both wheels rotate together and can be moved toward oraway from one another as desired, for a purpose to behereinafterdescribed. I

. Each wheel is provided with arms 0, and the arms on one wheel siouldbe located exactly opposite the arms on the other wheel so that when thetwo wheels are brought together and the points of two opposite arms arein contact, all the other arms of the one wheel should be in contactwith the opposite arms on the other wheel.

The arms should be located close to the portion on but should not touch.

The machine is operated in the following manner.

The seeds are placed in the box Z and the shaft 72. rotated in anysuitable manner. As the shaft is rotated the points of the opposite armsare adapted to push a seed over or along the portion m to the opening itwhere it is discharged and falls to the ground. As the shaft h is beingrotated the machine to which the box Z is secured is moved over theground so that the seeds are delivered at predetermined intervals.

The wheels can be brought closer together or moved farther apart so asto take up seeds of different sizes.

If desired any number of pairs of wheels may be mounted on the shaft sothat the seeds may be sown in different drills one at a time.

The seeds may also be brought to the discharge opening by means of armsmovable on an inclined plane, as shown in Fig. 4;. In this case the box1" containing the seeds is arranged at an incline. An axle t in the boxcarries a disk-shaped wheel 8 having arranged near the circumferencethereof a number of arms a. The disk also carries a series of bars oneof which is designated by '0. Each of the bars carries an arm to adaptedto cooperate with one of arms u and push the seeds to a dischargeopening indicated by an arrow in the box 1. The bars '0 are secured tothe disk .9 by bolts and nuts, the said bolts passing through slots 8 inthe disk whereby the saidbars o and arms to may be moved toward and awayfrom the arms u as desired so as to sow seeds of diiferent sizes. Itwill be understood that as the wheel 8 is rotated the seeds are pushedby the arms u' and w to the discharge opening in the box 1, said openingbeing arranged in any convenient position.

f If desired the seeds may be conveyed from the discharge openingthrough a tube to the ground; p

. The machine may be used for sowing seeds such as peas turnips, cloverseed or any seeds that are ofa'somewhat similar spherical shape, or forplanting potatoes.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters P tent is 1. In a machinefor sowing seeds at predetermined lntervals, a box havlng aseeddischarge opening, two serles of cooperating arms rotatably' mounted*in said box for conveying seeds to the opening, and means forrelatively adjusting the two series of arms, to sow seeds of differentsizes.

2. In a machine for sowing seeds at predetermined intervals, a boxhaving aseeddischarge 1 opening, two wheels rotatably mounted in saidbox and having arms cooperating to push seeds to the opening, and meansfor relatively. adjusting thetwo Wheels.

3. In a machine for sowing seeds at predetermined intervals, a boxhaving a seeddischarge opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said box,two wheels within the box' and rotatable with theshaft, ,means for:

relatively adjusting the distance between the wheels, and armsfcarriedby the wheels and cooperating to push seeds to said opening. In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand n presence of two witnesses.

--JOHN HUTTON.

Witnesses; V j I HELEN SUTHERLAND, Gnnons VVHIIELAW.

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